Hydrant-plug.



Patented Dec. I9, |899. N. R. WILSON & J. D. PERKINS.`

HYDBANT PLUG.

(Application filed Apr. 3, 1B99.') (N u M o d e l THE ohms Putas co..Hom-uma.. wAsmNm-QN o. c.

UNITED STATES "Trice,

PATENT NOAH REEVE VILSON AND JAMES DANIEL PERKINS, OF GREENVILLE, SOUTHCAROLINA, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO HENRY BRIGGS, OF

SAME PLACE. t

HYDRANT-PLUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,641, dated December19, 1899.

Application tied Aprile, 1899. sesam. 711,568. (Nomea.)

T0 @ZZ whom ir may concern.-

Beit known that we, NOAH REEVE WILSON and JAMES DANIEL PERKINS, citizensof the United States, residing at Greenville, in the county ofGreenville and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hydrant-Plugs; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in hydrant-plugs especiallyadapted for connecting hose for watering lawns, flower-gardens, and thelike; and it consists in the novel construction hereinafter describedand claimed.

Our invention will be understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein the same parts are indicated by the same lettersthroughout the several views.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of our invention, showing the earthand stone filling in section and illustrates the manner of setting thedevice. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the under side of the plug. Fig. 3 is acentral vertical section through the plug and casing. Fig. 4 is asectiontaken on the line 4 t in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of thestopdisk, which is fitted upon the bottom end of the plug.

A represents the plug-casing, having horizontal connection A andvalve-seat AO extending therethrough at right angles to the horizontalconnection.

B represents a turning plug fitted in the valve-seat and provided withaxial opening B0 and radial opening bo, the latter being arranged to beturned into communication with the horizontal connection of the casing,as shown most clearlyin Figs. 3 and 4:. The bottom end of the plug B issolid and has a squared reduced portion B2, which extends beyond thelower end of the valve-seat, as also seen in Fig. 3. 4

The casing A is cut away along a portion of its lower edge, formingstops a and d.

A disk C, having a squared opening C0 therethrough, is fitted over thesquared end B2 of the plug and secured thereon by means 5o of a pin c,whichpasses through a radial opening in said disk and an axial openingiii said squared projection. The said disk is provided with a peripherallug c', which extends radially and axially therefrom and is arranged tolimit the rotation of the plugB by coming in contact with either ofthestops a or a updn the plug-casing.

a2 and d3 represent two openings in the cas ing A, so arranged uponeither side of the horizontal connection A thereof that when the radialopening bo in the plug has been turned entirely past the opening of thesaid horizontal connection in either direction the said radial openingwill be brought into communication with the one or the other of thesetwo openings a2 and d3.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the plug is in the positionby which the radial opening therein communicates with the horizontal orinlet connection of the casing water may flow through the plug from thesaid inlet connection, which is fitted with an inlet pipe D. Now whenthis plug is turned to the one side or the other to its fullest extent,as limited by the stops hereinbefore described, the inlet connection ofthe casing will be closed by the plug, while the radial opening in thesaid plug will be in communication with one or the other of the openingsco2 and a3, and in this position the water in the outlet-pipe E maydrain out of the plug. The outlet-pipe E is formed with a curved neckE', provided with a connection c for a hose. (N ot shown.) Theinlet-pipe and the plug in this casing are buried beneath the surface ofthe ground sufciently to avoid freezing and are preferably packed aroundwith stones, so as to permit the water to drain from ythe plug morereadily.

The plug may be opened and closed by swinging the curved neck E in ahorizontal plane, there being but one open position and two closedpositions, thevformer being midway between the two latter, so that, theplug being closed, when it is desired to open the same the neck is swungto its intermediate position, which movement opens the plug.

As above described, it will be seen that the plug may be closed and thewater turned off by swinging the neck to its extreme limit in eitherdirection from the open position.

The simplicity and the many advantages of our improved device will beapparent to any practical mind.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a hydrant-plug, the combination with a plug-casing having a verticalvalve-chamber with drain-openings upon opposite sides there` of, and aninlet connection communicating with the side of said valve-chamber; of ahollow turning plug having open upper end, closed lower end, and aradial opening arranged in the plane of said inlet connection and saiddrain-'openings stops 011 said casingi a disk on said plug arranged tostrike said stops and limit the movement of said plug; and an elongatedspout rigidly fitted Within the open end of said plug and extendingaxially therefrom, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

Vitnesses:

G. P. HAMMETT, J. F. DoRRoH.

